Ayanna Pressley: “The administration claimed to target the undocumented while…”

“To the Trump administration, immigrants are numbers on a spreadsheet. To the people of Everett, they are our neighbors, our students, our co workers, our loved ones. People we live with, work and worship with. The administration claimed to target the undocumented while systemically dismantling legal immigration pathways, canceling naturalization ceremonies, and ripping away green cards from people who followed the rules but were simply born in the wrong place. They claim to uphold law and order while descending on our neighborhood in unmarked vehicles, harboring terror, abducting women, children, and innocent bystanders. And yet Everett has endured.” (06:03–06:19)

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